Harold Denton and I talked. He is well known for his role as spokesperson for the NRC during Three Mile Island – he was also the person provided daily reports to Pres. Jimmy Carter. He’s been calling all over NRC talked to Brian Sheron last night.

He is being besieged with media inquiries due to comments in made in 1986 that criticized the Marc (sp?) 1 design.

He said they were much more likely to fail than other designs. He is currently refusing the requests to come on TV and is passing people to NRC – but it sounds like 1) maybe we should have an expert who is available to talk to these people about the Marc 1 design, and

2) Harold is suggesting that technical experts from NRR/RES brief the Chairman/Commission on the design and recent research on it, as he remembers that research was being done on it when he was here

He said it would be a way to get in front of the press on this – as they are reaching out everywhere for info…. including retired employees (with old information).

He told me that there are a few U.S. reactors that have this design and that is why there are questions…

Harold’s contact info:

I’m not exactly sure what to do with this one beyond passing on what he told me.

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